At 4:29 AM -0500 12/18/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
well mics on stage can result in fine aud tapes..esp in early times when equippment to record with wasn't as great as today > the mic picks up the monitor-mix and that might be better than a distant recording with lots of talk and other noiseMonitors point away from the audience and toward the musicians on stage.
Microphones on stage would be a great way to record the wall of sound, for sure, but would not necessarily a good way to record a stage with monitors on the floor.
There are some wonderful recordings made at the Keystone Berkeley by Bob Menke, who put one microphone in the floor monitor and pointed one at the stage.
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